Robert Rodriguez

And out of 250 movies that he's been in, Machete is his most famous one. So for five years... Five years, people would come up to us and say, where's Machete? When's that movie coming out? We're like, it's not a real movie. When it looks real, we want to see that movie. So we finally made the movie because people just asked for it. And I was adamant about being resourceful again.

And out of 250 movies that he's been in, Machete is his most famous one. So for five years... Five years, people would come up to us and say, where's Machete? When's that movie coming out? We're like, it's not a real movie. When it looks real, we want to see that movie. So we finally made the movie because people just asked for it. And I was adamant about being resourceful again.

And out of 250 movies that he's been in, Machete is his most famous one. So for five years... Five years, people would come up to us and say, where's Machete? When's that movie coming out? We're like, it's not a real movie. When it looks real, we want to see that movie. So we finally made the movie because people just asked for it. And I was adamant about being resourceful again.

All the shots that are in the trailer are really great. I got to reverse engineer the trailer into a movie so that I can use that shot that's in the trailer. Like this girl in the waterfall. Why would this girl be in the waterfall? Don't have a really clever way that he gets the bad guy. Her hair's kind of, her face is kind of covered by this hair.

All the shots that are in the trailer are really great. I got to reverse engineer the trailer into a movie so that I can use that shot that's in the trailer. Like this girl in the waterfall. Why would this girl be in the waterfall? Don't have a really clever way that he gets the bad guy. Her hair's kind of, her face is kind of covered by this hair.

All the shots that are in the trailer are really great. I got to reverse engineer the trailer into a movie so that I can use that shot that's in the trailer. Like this girl in the waterfall. Why would this girl be in the waterfall? Don't have a really clever way that he gets the bad guy. Her hair's kind of, her face is kind of covered by this hair.

We'll cast Lindsay Lohan there or the Senator will switch it out for Robert De Niro. Well, I just reversed engineer it. So every time there's a shot in the trailer, it's in the movie, but I shot all the footage around to lead up to it. That's another fun creative exercise is to reverse engineer something you just did like this on the day.

We'll cast Lindsay Lohan there or the Senator will switch it out for Robert De Niro. Well, I just reversed engineer it. So every time there's a shot in the trailer, it's in the movie, but I shot all the footage around to lead up to it. That's another fun creative exercise is to reverse engineer something you just did like this on the day.

We'll cast Lindsay Lohan there or the Senator will switch it out for Robert De Niro. Well, I just reversed engineer it. So every time there's a shot in the trailer, it's in the movie, but I shot all the footage around to lead up to it. That's another fun creative exercise is to reverse engineer something you just did like this on the day.

You just threw a bunch of cards out basically with that trailer. And now you got to go make a movie using all those cards. That's like a creative exercise that I thought so satisfying, so fun.

You just threw a bunch of cards out basically with that trailer. And now you got to go make a movie using all those cards. That's like a creative exercise that I thought so satisfying, so fun.

You just threw a bunch of cards out basically with that trailer. And now you got to go make a movie using all those cards. That's like a creative exercise that I thought so satisfying, so fun.

I'm the editor. I'm the cameraman. I'm the DP. And so when I call him and say, I've got you as the villain in this whole movie, but I swear I'm going to shoot you out in four days. You come down in four days. In fact, there's a scene where he's in the hospital. He's just smiling. He's having such a good time because he couldn't believe it. I said, guess what?

I'm the editor. I'm the cameraman. I'm the DP. And so when I call him and say, I've got you as the villain in this whole movie, but I swear I'm going to shoot you out in four days. You come down in four days. In fact, there's a scene where he's in the hospital. He's just smiling. He's having such a good time because he couldn't believe it. I said, guess what?

I'm the editor. I'm the cameraman. I'm the DP. And so when I call him and say, I've got you as the villain in this whole movie, but I swear I'm going to shoot you out in four days. You come down in four days. In fact, there's a scene where he's in the hospital. He's just smiling. He's having such a good time because he couldn't believe it. I said, guess what?

When you wake up from your hotel room at the Stephen F. Austin, you just crossed the hallway. That's the set. The room next to yours, we turned into the hospital set. So you're just going to come laying there in your pajamas.

When you wake up from your hotel room at the Stephen F. Austin, you just crossed the hallway. That's the set. The room next to yours, we turned into the hospital set. So you're just going to come laying there in your pajamas.

When you wake up from your hotel room at the Stephen F. Austin, you just crossed the hallway. That's the set. The room next to yours, we turned into the hospital set. So you're just going to come laying there in your pajamas.

Yeah, we had to save time. We only have four days. So everything had to be very thought out to be like, boom, boom, boom. Let's shoot the money. Get him out of this. We don't have to spend a lot of money on him.

Yeah, we had to save time. We only have four days. So everything had to be very thought out to be like, boom, boom, boom. Let's shoot the money. Get him out of this. We don't have to spend a lot of money on him.